While the maids and Yun Shang were making fun of each other, it occurred to Qian Yin what Yun Shang had order before. She hurriedly said, "The guards have checked one by one. And they found that every lady new in the Imperial Palace is being secretly monitored. And much more attention has been paid to those from noble families or with outstanding appearance and talent.
Yun Shang nodded, "So have you made an appointment with Lin Youran?"
"Yes, It's almost time. Are you going out?" Qian Yin asked softly.
Yun Shang nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Give me a curtained hat."
Qian Zhuo quickly fetch a hat and helped Yun Shang wear it. Qian Yin looked at Yun Shang and said, "Your Highness, you are hiding your face inside the curtained hat, but didn't you say that you would deliberately let those people notice you?
Yun Shang knew her concern. She smiled and said, " In this way, I'm more eye-catching. If they notice me, they'll follow me after I see Lin Youran. By then, they'll know everything."
Qian Yin thought about it for a while and agreed with Yun Shang. Yun Shang went out with Qian Zhuo and Qian Liu.
Arriving at Louwailou Tavern, Yun Shang went straight to the private room where Lin Youran was waiting for her. Seeing Yun Shang come in, Lin Youran stood up and curtsied to her.
Yun Shang smiled and asked her to sit down. She took off the curtained hat and handed it toQian Zhuo. Then she looked at Liu Youran and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time. How is everything going in the Chao City?"
"Thank you for your concern. Everything is fine. My adoptive father treats me like his own daughter, and my adoptive mother is a gentle woman."
Yun Shang smiled. "Don't call them 'adoptive' parents. If anyone hear it, you may get you into big trouble."
Liu Youran nodded in a hurry.
Yun Shang asked Qian Zhuo to fetch a pot of tea downstairs and said, "The first round of selection will be held in a few days. It will be easy for you to pass. I have told Qin Yi that you will be the first one recommended by me. After today, I'm afraid that a lot of people in the Imperial Palace will pay attention to you, and you will have to bear it. "
"Your Highness, I see. Please rest assured." Lin Youran responded quickly.
Yun Shang looked at her up and down. She looks just like a lady from an eminent family with an outstanding appearance and an elegant manner. Yun Shang nodded to her in satisfaction. It seemed that Qin Yi had done a good job in training her. She has changed Lin Youran into a real lady in less than a year.
Yun Shang actually had nothing more to say. Anyway, she would stay in Jin city from now on, and Ning Qian could take care of her in the imperial palace. What she did today was just to lure the snake out of his hole.
After a while, Yun Shang put on the hat and went out of Louwailou Tavern. Not long after getting in the carriage, Yun Shang heard the signal from the secret guards. She knew that someone was f
y, "Your Highness, His Majesty has come with Prince Rui."
Ning Qian rose to her feet in a hurry. "Okay."
Yun Shang also stood up and followed Ning Qian out of the inner hall. She heard that Xia Huanyu and Luo Qingyan were chattin. They seemed to be talking about peach blossom.
While they were listening attentively, they saw two figures appear at the door of the hall. Ning Qian and Yun Shang stepped forward and curtsied, "Your Majesty."
Xia Huanyu nodded and said, "please stand up." Then she sat down and said to Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang, "Now that you are here, just have meal with us before you leave."
When Ning Qian was about to arrange, Luo Qingyan quickly said, "No, I have something to deal with in my mansion."
Hearing this, Xia Huanyu waved his hand casually and said, "Alright, You can leave now."
Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang bowed to him and left the Xiang Zhu Palace.
As soon as they went out of the Imperial Palace, Yun Shang said to Luo Qingyan, "Ning Qian is a imperial concubine. If you come to her palace frequently, people will gossip about it. You may not mind, after all you're Prince Rui and no one dares to say anything in front of you. If her reputation is ruined by the gossip, what can she do? "
The corners of Luo Qingyan's mouth curled up. He patted Yun Shang on her head. "Since you know it's not appropriate for me to go there, you'd better not go to the Imperial Palace often ."
Yun Shang had no choice but to glare at him and turn her head aside, "there will be a lot of my people in the palace after the selection, and then you don't have to worry about it."
Luo Qingyan just faked a yawn and pretended that he didn't hear her. Yun Shang waited but didn't hear anything from Luo Qingyan. She turned to him and stared at him.
Luo Qingyan smiled and said, "let's leave it later. It's still too early to talk about it."
Yun Shang snorted and said, "I'm afraid there will be a bloody storm in the Imperial Palace after the selection."